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In 1984 the first edition of the British Army Guide was published and in May 2011 the 12th edition will be on sale. This invaluable information resource which deals with all aspects of British Army organization, recruitment and training, has been extremely popular with service personnel, the defense industry, military libraries and other groups who are interested in the British Army worldwide. Copies can be seen on desks throughout the UK Ministry of Defense and it would be fair to say that almost every foreign defense attaché in London has a copy in his briefcase. Chapters include a Defense O

Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; CHAPTER 1 -- OVERVIEW; GENERAL INFORMATION; TOTAL BRITISH ARMED FORCES (AT 1 APRIL 2011 -- TRAINED PERSONNEL); CURRENT FORCE LEVELS; BRITISH ARMY EQUIPMENT SUMMARY; JOINT FORCES; MILITARY TASKS AND DEFENCE PLANNING ASSUMPTIONS OF THE UK'S ARMED FORCES; FUTURE FORCE 2020; LAND FORCES; ROYAL NAVY; ROYAL AIR FORCE; MINISTRY OF DEFENCE (MOD); DEFENCE COUNCIL; DEFENCE MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE; CHIEF OF THE DEFENCE STAFF; CHAIN OF COMMAND; PERMANENT JOINT HEADQUARTERS (PJHQ); JOINT RAPID REACTION FORCE (JRRF); DEFENCE EQUIPMENT AND SUPPORT

The united kingdom defence budgetuk -- top level budgets fy2009-2010 (departmental expenditure limits -- resource del); british army statistics; chapter 2 -- organisations; the army board; staff branches; joint helicopter command (jhc); theatre troops (2011); land equipment (le); 1 (uk) armoured division and british forces germany (nov 2011); composition of 1(uk) armoured division; composition of 3 (uk) mechanised division; army brigades; 16 air assault brigade; regional brigades; chapter 3 -- international commitments; nato overview; saceur -- admiral james stavridis; nato commands

Allied command operations (aco)allied command transformation (act); the 2003 nato concept; the allied rapid reaction corps (arrc); european union; chairman of the european military committee; eu defence budgets; european defence agency; eu military structures; eurocorps; current eu military operations; chapter 4 -- units of the regular army (during late 2011); chapter 5 -- the household cavalry and the royal armoured corps; overview; formation reconnaissance regiment; armoured regiment; joint chemical, biological, radiologicsl and nuclear regiment (jt cbrn regt); armour in the 21st century

International comparison -- major army formations and equipment available (estimate)chapter 6 -- armoured and protected vehicles; armoured vehicles; protected vehicles; future armoured vehicles; chapter 7 -- infantry; regiments and battalions; infantry structure in late 2011; the guards division; the scottish division; the queen's division; the king's division; the prince of wales's division; the rifles; the royal irish regiment; the parachute regiment; the brigade of gurkhas; locations; infantry strength; ta infantry; infantry battalion strengths against establishment (late 2010)

Infantry weaponschapter 8 -- artillery; background; current organisation; ta artillery; artillery fire support; artillery systems; unmanned air vehicles; uav operated by the royal air force; chapter 9 -- army aviation; aviation support; force structure; the aviation mission; roles of army aviation; joint helicopter command (jhc); aac organisation; army aviation training; flying training; helicopter crews; aac aircraft; raf support helicopters; raf transport aircraft; chapter 10 -- engineers; overview; combat engineering roles; combat engineer training; combat engineering vehicles and equipment

Chapter 11 -- communications

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